The reason every meme uses that one font

If you've spent much time on the internet, you've seen a meme like the ones above: a picture, white words, a black outline, and the same exact font.

That meme typeface is called Impact (technically, a "font" is a specific version of a typeface, like when it's italicised or in bold). Though Impact feels like the quintessential internet typeface, it was released in 1965.

With the rise of the typeface to prominence within the Internet culture, its improper use in irrelevant contexts also became more frequent, prompting a series of image macros with meta-commentaries on the overuse of the Impact font.

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